Card game indicator



May. 2, 1939. H. E, KINNEE 2,156,856

CARD GAME INDICATOR `Fi'led`April $28,l 1937 fil Invanhrwf Magfvw/Patented May 2, 1939 CARD GAME INDICATOR Herbert E. Kinnee, Detroit,Mich.

Application April 28, 1937, Serial No. 139,440

2 Claims.

My invention relates to card games, and its principal object is toprovide a game in which a game board provided with a rotating-dialapparatus is used in conjunction with the usual deck of playing cards insuch manner that the sequence of the game is broken at frequentintervals so that superior skill on the part of certain of the playersis neutralized to a considerable extent. By this arrangement, the gameis rendered more social and enjoyable since all of the players have morenearly the same chance of winning.

Another object of my said invention is to provide a game board andapparatus therefore which is simple in construction and economical tomanufacture, and which presents very attractive features from a salesstand-point.

With these and other objects in View, I will now describe a preferredembodiment of my invention with reference to the accompanying drawing,in Which- Figure l is a plan View of a conventional card table having myimproved dial apparatus applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary transverse sectional view of the same takenupon the center line, illustrating the construction of the table and themethod of mounting the moving dial thereupon.

Figure 3 is a plan View of the dial removed from the table.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary transverse sectional view, corresponding toFigure 2, but drawn to an enlarged scale and showing details of the dialcentering and rotating means, and

Figure 5 is a plan view of a washer constituting an element of theinvention.

Like characters designate corresponding parts throughout the severalviews.

I is the table proper, of well known construction, and IA is a topmember formed of wood, leather, fabricoid, or any suitable material. IBis a member positioned intermediate the table and the cover and havingtherein a central space IC adapted to rotatably receive the dial D whichmay also be made from various materials according to the quality andprice of the apparatus desired.

In the center of the table is a knob or handwheel E having a knurled orserrated periphery and provided with a stem E' which extends downwardlythrough the top member IA and is secured to the dial D for the purposeof rotating the same. The opening in the member IA through which thestem E' passes has an eyelet or grommet G which serves the purpose of abearing for the stem E', and in order to establish driving means betweenthe stem and the dial D, the lower end of the stem is squared as at EEso as to engage a square hole F in a washer F, shown in plan view inFigure 5, which is secured within a recess in the face of the dial bymeans of hooks or claws F2 pressed into the material of the same. Thedial is further secured upon the stem by a washer H fitted upon thelower end of the latter and secured in position by riveting or othermeans.

Upon the table top IA is marked off a circular space S which is dividedinto eight equal divisions by the radial lines R. The upper ve of thesedivisions, as shown in Figure l, are marked with l5 the letters A, K, Q,J, and A-K, which stand for ace, king, queen, jack and ace-kingrespectively. The lower three spaces reading from left to right aremarked Kitty, Same Suit, and Dummy respectively. Within the five upperspaces, and coincident with the letters above mentioned are acorresponding number of openings O in the top through which may be seenat one time live of a set of eight indicia I upon the dial D whichrepresent various suits of the cards, as shown in Figure 3. In the lowercentral space, opposite Which the Banker sits as noted by the letter B,is an opening J through which may be seen one of eight equally spacedsets of indicia L upon the dial, each of these sets representing a groupof three cards such as 2-3-4 4-5-6, ace-king-queen, etc.

In the spaces marked Kitty and Dummy are openings M, M through which maybe seen at the same time two of eight sets of indicia P which are markedNo and Yes indiscriminately as shown in Figure 3. In the lower centralspace and close to the hand-wheel E is an opening J through which may beseen one of three sets of indicia T, each of which consists of theletters PCL or PCR, meaning Pass cards left and Pass cards rightrespectively.

In one method of playing the game, each player contributes a chip toeach of the eight divisions. The Banker deals out all the cards, with anextra hand for himself and with one card which 4 may be called X placedface downward in the division marked Dummy. This latter card is nottouched until the end of the hand.

The dealer then turns the disc D in the direction of the arrow Y throughone-eighth of a revolution, which changesthe respective suits of the paycards as will be indicated through the openings O, and which also maychange the words No and Yes as seen through the openings After thedealer looks at the hand at his right, he may decide if he wish to keepthat one or to use the other, or eXtra, hand. He is not permitted,however, to look at both hands before deciding to keep the first one. Ifhe keeps the rst hand, be must auction the extra one to the highestbidder.

The person on the left of the dealer plays the lowest card in his handat the same time naming it, an-d others continue to. play consecutivelyhigher cards in the same suit untill stopped by running out of the suit.The last player then starts with his lowest card in another color, thatYis, if a red card was the last card played, he

must start with the lowest black card in his:

hand. If he is unable to change color, the play passes to the nextperson. If at any time all players hold all one color, the. last playerleads lowest card in the other suit of the same color. As fast as thecar-ds matching those inthe layout, as shown through the various`openinga, are got rid of playing, each' holder collects all the chips inthat divisi-on of the layout. for which he holds corresponding cards..

An important. feature ofV the game: resides in pla ing as quickly aspossible, and failure-td collect chips before the next. card is; playedcauses the holder to forfeit them, and they are left remaining on. the.board` untiL the next hand. The person going out first'. collects allchi-ps1 in the space marked Kitty if the word Yes appears thereon. Ifthe word No appears, the chips remain oni the board. The person*l goingout first also collects one chipf-or each card heldA by the otherplayers.

If the word-Yes appears' in'. the space marked Dummy, the card X isturned up and the person holding the matching, card. in theA oppositesuit collects thev chips.. For example, if the card turned upis ten oftdiamonds, the person holding the ten. of heartsy collects thechips'.

In order to clear the board at the end of a game, the Bankerdeals'one'card, face: upwards, to each player; The oneholdingthehighest. card collects the chips in: the division; to1 theleft. of the Banker marked Jack,.i nofchips are in that division hecollects. from rst, space; containing chips. The Banker thenY deals onecard to each player as before; TheV holder of the highest card collects.the: chips in the next space and so on. until; the chips in all: thedivisions are collected, including those.A marked Dummy and Kitty. TheBanker theni divides the chips in the ace-king division into halves, andin the space marked' Same suit into thirds. The pay cards; areyindicated. by the suit shown in thespace. above the ace-king division.

The Banker again deals oneY card, face up,

to each player for the last time, and the holders of cards correspondingto those in the ace-king division and in the opening J collect thechips.

The game may be played by any number of players from two to seven.

While I have herein described and shown a preferred embodiment of myinvention, it will be readily understood that the same may be modifiedin various ways without departing from the spirit of my invention asdefined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. Acard game indicator comprising a board, a cover sheet for said boardhaving a circular area divided by radial lines to provide a plurality ofsegmental spaces, certain of said spaces having therein indiciarepresenting certain cards o suits oi' a deck of cards, said cover sheethaving openings therein each located in a segmental space in radialalinement with the indicia in the space, and a dial rotatably mountedbetween the board and the cover sheet under said circular areaconcentric thereto, said dial having thereony pip-markings of suits of adeck of cards, said markingsbeing spacedfromY each other along acircular path concentricI to the dial inposition to be displayed throughthe openings ofthe cover sheet, said cover sheet having other openingsdisposed out of annular alinement with the rst openings, and said dialbearing indicia disposed in position to be displayedl throughthe lastmentioned openings of the cover sheet.

2. An indicator comprising a boar-d, a cover sheet for said board havinga circular area divided into segmental areas each having a sight openingtherein and bearing indicia, a dial` between said board and cover sheetdisposed under said circular area concentric thereto and bearing indiciadisposed in position to be successively displayed through the sightopenings when the dial. is turned, said cover sheet having a circularopening at its center and said dial having acentralopening ofnon-circular outline, an eyelet secured throughl the opening of saidcover sheet and constituting a bearing, washers against upper and lowerfaces of said dialI about the opening thereof and having openingsregistering` with the opening of the dial, the upper washer having spursembed-ded in the dial, a stem for said dial rotatably passing throughsaid eyelet and having av reduced. lower end portion conforming in crosssection to the outline of the opening in the dial and snugly engagedthrough the registering openings of the dial and washers and upset atits lower end, anda turning knob at the upper end of said stem.

HERBERT E. KIN'NEE.

